Oklahoma's Controversial State Vegetable: The Watermelon

Should the watermelon continue to be Oklahoma's official state vegetable? Some people don't think so. Photo illustration: Rob Alcaraz

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... Oklahoma lawmakers are facing some difficult decisions this year ... healthcare ... public school financing ... and whether the watermelon should remain the official state that's ... he was given the title in two thousandseven by enacting the legislation ... that now sooner state senator needed on the stock exchange that saying most people think of it as a free ... former Oklahoma legislators George Orman who pushed for the watermelon special status says indicate created the strawberries and are even declared a state free use to represent rest brings home to the state in a watermelon Festival ... the practice of naming all kinds of official state's office time honored tradition ... Nebraska declared Kool aid to states offering in nineteen ninety eight ... and in Mississippi the teddy bear is the official state oil ... but sometimes the practice is controversial ... in New York last year a bill to name children the states that a stock pot debated with lawmakers wondering if pretzels chips or hot dogs would be better choices ... the measure eventually became a lot ... and in New Jersey of battle as mentoring for decades about what's the official state song that some people believe the honor should go to something like Jersey native trees ... others have all the for different ... back in Oklahoma Acree watermelon debate seems right for resolution ... Sen Dunn says he's open to compromise ... been making the watermelon the official state now ... I ...